European monarchs and religious entities had a penchant for erecting massively elaborate and intricately beautiful monuments ...

The history of Britain and the aspirations of her Christian communities can be traced in the glorious excesses of the cathedrals. From Norman grandeur to the modern interpretations found in ...

Buildings in the style of 'Mazovian Gothic' come from the mid-sixteenth century, i.e. from the time when the Renaissance was already well established in other parts of Europe. Maybe that's why in ...

It was rebuilt by Henry IV, following his reconciliation with the Pope in 1077, as the first and largest consistently vaulted church building in Europe. The Cathedral was the burial place of the ...

It is said to be the largest brick shrine in Europe. Capable of holding 25 thousand people, the cathedral would have once been able to host the entire population of the city – it was, in fact the case ...

The wooden churches of southern Little Poland represent outstanding examples of the different aspects of medieval church-building traditions in Roman Catholic culture. Built using the horizontal log ...

Most travelers who took the time to see this cathedral were flabbergasted by its beauty, comparing it to Europe's medieval churches. Even if you're not interested in attending Mass, you should ...